The PLO and the politics of ethnonational mobilization / Emile Sahliyeh -- The armed struggle and Palestinian nationalism / Yezid Sayigh -- A study of PLO peace initiatives, 1974-1988 / Muhammad Muslih -- From Palestine Liberation Organization to Palestinian Authority: the territorialization of "Neopatriarchy" / Hillel Frisch -- Policy and attitude changes in the Palestine Liberation Organization, 1965-1994: a democracy in the making / Manuel A. Hassassian -- The PLO in regional Arab politics: taming a non-state actor / Avraham Sela and Moshe Ma oz -- Moscow and the PLO: the ups and downs of a complex relationship / Galia Golan -- Misperceptions and perfect understanding: the United States and the PLO / Barry Rubin -- Mental health challenges for the Palestinian Authority: the psycho-political legacy of the Intifada / Eyad El Sarraj -- Inside versus outside: the challenge of the local leadership, 1967-1994 / Meir Litvak -- Intifada discourse: the Hamas and UNL leaflets / Shaul Mishal -- The role of women and female leadership in the Intifada and the peace process / Naomi Chazan -- The power-oriented settlement: PLO-Israel: the road to the Oslo agreement and back? / Baruch Kimmerling -- Israel's policy toward the PLO: from rejection ro recognition / Susan Hattis Rolef -- Strategic reciprocity: the PLO and Israel / Leonard Binder.